Standing all day?

[DMD_DREAMING]

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I am curious. Do all you pharmacist get used to standing all day? And are there knee problems, etc. associated with the profession after years of standing?

 

[Fermata]

Comfortable shoes = good investment.

 

[tweaker]

well the insane amount of money that you make tends to compensate for all of the professions flaws.

 

[bananaface]

You get used to the standing. At first your feet hurt and swell no matter what. (Yum... NSAIDs) But, if you wear decent shoes you adjust and your body quits freaking out after a few weeks. Long-term, pharmacists are prone to knee problems.

 

[Fermata]

Long-term, pharmacists are prone to knee problems.

Then again, this is true for the general population. 😀

 

[bananaface]

Then again, this is true for the general population. 😀

Pharmacists are more prone to knee problems than the general population because of the higher than average time spent on their feet. I'm sorry for not being more explicit to start with. 🙂

 

[J Lucas]

Why cant Pharmacist sit? Just get a bunch of chairs. Is there a law preventing this?

 

[vafcarrot]

Why cant Pharmacist sit? Just get a bunch of chairs. Is there a law preventing this?

THe pharmacists I work with dit in chairs the majority of the day. They have one of the high stool chairs where they can still look all over the room at any given time.

I know in KY, there's a law that no tech person can be working with drugs out of view of the pharmacists. Thus, a pharmacist needs to be watching. If they're sitting down somewhere in the corner checking someone's work, it's pretty hard to keep the corner of their eye on what's going on.

 

[lord999]

Suggest two ergonomic improvements:

1. Z-coil shoes (in AZ, sold at 75th and Bell at the Dr. Coil shop and pay the extra money for the custom fit)
2. "Pillow" mats ($60 sold at most fine upholstery stores).

 

[lord999]

Depending on the size of pharmacy you operate, you may not always be able to have a stool because it brings the unobstructed square feet beneath minimum in AZ, or that the excuse chains make to not have chairs in a pharmacy.

Why cant Pharmacist sit? Just get a bunch of chairs. Is there a law preventing this?